Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 374 I’ll Kill You All When I Wake Up

After searching the cave thoroughly, knocking down all the useless wooden signs and crystalline rocks in the cave and packing them up, the two men started digging again, preparing to find a way to leave.

Because Qiao Lezhi was too bad at finding his way, Mei'er was the one who explored the way ahead, while she stayed behind to cover their retreat.

Mei'er did not dig with a shovel like Qiao Lezhi, but instead crossed the three flying swords at one point and let them rotate like drill bits. At the same time, she cast a dragon talisman and used flames to melt the ice.

Although Qiao Lezhi was in charge of covering the rear, her mouth was not idle. She took out a book called "One Hundred Little Things You Don't Know About Tomb Robbers" published by Longhushan from her arms, and flipped through it while pointing and talking.

She felt that there should be no difference between underground tunnels and tomb passages, both were paths.

"The book says that the shape of the tunnel is also very particular, for example..."

"The book also says that this direction has its own explanation, such as..."

Mei'er frowned slightly, and she suddenly felt that the old Qiao Lezhi was better.

In the past, she had not been polluted by knowledge and just slept every day, unlike now when she holds a book and chatters all the time.

But she didn't dare to insert the flying sword and turn around to say, "You come."

Because Qiao Lezhi would really come, and then swing her door panel sword and take herself to the unknown abyss.

Mei'er had heard that the Four Continents were like an egg, a giant ball. If you dug from one side, you'd find your way out from the other. If Qiao Lezhi dug, he might even reach the legendary South China Sea Abyss.

Thinking about all these random things, Mei'er used her unique secret technique [The Art of Not Listening] and began to block out Qiao Lezhi's useless remarks.

This was a magical skill she developed when she was coaching Chen Qin. It automatically filtered out other people's meaningless remarks without affecting normal communication.

The main reason is that Chen Qin was really noisy when she was little, even noisier than Lily. If you don't filter her speech, your head will be buzzing all day long. When you close your eyes, your mind is filled with Chen Qin's hundred thousand questions.

"Yeah, it's much quieter now."

Mei'er thought to herself, blocking out Qiao Lezhi's nonsense as white noise.

Behind Mei'er is a cage containing hands.

The cage floated automatically and flew in the middle of the team.

Although the hands in the cage were filled with murderous intent, they did not dare to express it.

Instead, it meows from time to time, pretending to be an obedient little kitten.

No, it has to meow. This cage is a magical device with multiple magic arrays inside. Once it detects the breath of the caged beast, it will start to discharge electricity. At the same time, a ferocious face will float around, roaring strange words like "Release the black panther" and "Send it here."

Very scary.

"Sister Mei'er, where did you buy this cage? It's quite interesting."

Qiao Lezhi, who was floating behind with her hands behind her back and poking the snow leopard with an ice pick, asked. She felt that although the name of the Beast Taming Sect was engraved on this thing, it seemed to have been modified and was not an original product.

"I bought it on the black market." Mei'er answered without turning her head.

"Black market? The kind where they secretly trade the flesh, blood, and bone tools of evil cultivators?" Qiao Lezhi asked in astonishment. "You didn't report them?"

Mei'er, "It's not what you think. The full name of that place is the Little Pleasure Dark Market, or the Black Market for short."

"So that place sells pet supplies?" Qiao Lezhi asked.

"Let's settle it. Okay, this is adult business, don't ask about it as a kid."

Mei'er coughed lightly and ended the topic.

For a moment, the tunnel became quiet. Apart from the sound of Mei'er digging the ice, the only sound was the rhythmic meowing of her hands.

He wasn't being cute, but reminding Mei'er that she had dug the wrong thing.

Although a prisoner, he was the only one in this makeshift convoy of toy cars who knew the way.

And when it came to leaving this place, he, Mei'er, and Qiao Lezhi all agreed on the same thing. Shou Shou could clearly feel that the closer the white shadow that bound him got to the earth veins, the greater its power.

He wanted to break free from the white shadow and complete his ultimate goal of killing everyone. Right now, the most important thing was to get out of here first. Recovering from his injuries could be dealt with later.

But the prerequisite is that I can really leave. But looking at the current situation, I'm afraid I will have to stay here forever.

Just when Shoushou was about to make some loud noise and risk being electrocuted by the cage, Mei'er suddenly stopped. She retracted her flying sword and slapped the ice in front of her with one palm.

The ice shattered, and a bare cave appeared in front of Mei'er.

All the crystals in the cave were pulled out, and there was a big hole on the top and bottom. Including the new one she dug, there were three big holes in total.

They returned to Meow Meow's treasure trove of pornographic books, dug upwards, but came back from the left.

"You said I was lost, but you were the same."

Qiao Lezhi stuck his head in, took a look into the cave, and then retracted his head.

Although that wasn't the intention, it was extremely sarcastic.

Mei'er was stunned for a while when she saw this. After a while, she took out the purple cup that looked like a glass cup and was produced by Longhu Mountain from her ring.

It is not for finding the way, but for predicting good or bad luck and identifying ghosts and gods.

She suspected that the place was unclean.

When the crystal wax on the purple cup was opened, the purple gas in the cup leaked out, and a little man with a child-like appearance and a blurry face condensed into shape and appeared in front of the two.

The little man, with his belly sticking out, nodded to the two of them, then started strolling around the cave with his hands behind his back. Purple air emanated from his body, gathering and dispersing from time to time, as if he had really discovered some secrets.

But as the divination progressed, the villain walked faster and faster, until finally, he stopped in the middle and turned to look at Mei'er.

The purple-faced man shrugged at Mei'er, then pointed at the empty glass cup in her hand, and finally silently bent his neck and turned it 180 degrees.

The purple-eyed villain disappeared, and it looked like he had committed suicide.

"What does this mean?" Mei'er was confused by this combo of moves.

Qiao Lezhi, who was on guard at the back, came over again. She put her head on Mei'er's shoulder and looked at the glass cup in her hand.

"It might mean they don't want to take the job and want you to find someone else. Well, you won this cup, second prize at that. Two more."

Mei'er ignored Qiao Lezhi. She frowned and looked at the cave, not knowing what was so strange about it.

"Meow!" Shoushou took advantage of this opportunity to shout.

Qiao Lezhi and Mei'er looked down together and saw the snow leopard in the cage raising its palm and pointing diagonally forward.

"West? Why are you pointing to the west?" Qiao Lezhi asked Snow Leopard.

"West? How do you know that's West?" Mei'er looked at Qiao Lezhi.

The air here is confusing and there is no reference point. How does Qiao Lezhi know which side is west?

"Because north is up, south is down, west is left, and east is right. Isn't this common sense?" Qiao Lezhi said as if it was a matter of course.

Mei'er, "That's a map! It's flat. There's no standing north up, south down, west left, or east right!"

"Of course not. Aren't we in the Far North now? The book says the four continents are round, so north is up, south is down, west is left, and east is right." Qiao Lezhi looked at Mei'er in confusion. She stretched out her left hand and pointed, "So, that side is west!"

Mei'er, "."

It seems to make some sense, but I feel something is wrong...

"Is this how you usually find your way?" Mei'er looked at Qiao Lezhi somewhat exhaustedly.

Qiao Lezhi said, "That's not the case. I still look at the sun when there is sun. That's why I find the way this way when there is no sun."

Mei'er looked at Qiao Lezhi and thought that there was a reason why some people could get lost here from the Great Wall in the North.

The cave became quiet again for a while.

Not only Mei'er, but even Shoushou was a little confused, impressed by Qiao Lezhi's amazing wisdom.

He now really felt that he couldn't go on like this. If he continued, he would be led by this stupid woman and dug into the South China Sea Abyss across the four continents.

He meowed again, signaling Qiao Lezhi and Mei'er to look over.

Then he pointed diagonally forward again.

This time, his meaning finally got through.

"What do you mean? We can get out by digging in that direction?"

"Meow!" Shoushou nodded vigorously.

"You didn't lie to us?" Qiao Lezhi stared at the snow leopard in the cage with a suspicious and critical look.

"Meow!" Shou Shou shook his head.

"I'll trust you this time, but think carefully before giving directions. If you take the wrong path, I'll eat you!" Qiao Lezhiwu threatened. "Meow meow meow." Shoushou pretended to be cute and continued pointing diagonally ahead.

"Do you really believe her?" Mei'er frowned and looked at Qiao Lezhi.

"What else can I do if I don't believe her? How about you continue to believe me?"

Mei'er thought about it and decided to give up. Trusting Xuebao is more suitable than trusting Qiao Lezhi.

The two of them started digging again according to the direction pointed by the hand.

This time, it was obviously different from the last time. Although the direction of the hands kept changing, both of them clearly felt that they were leaving the depths of the maze-like ice vein corridor.

The force in the ice that hindered the detection of spiritual energy became weaker and weaker, and the confused sense of direction was gradually corrected.

Half an hour later, Qiao Lezhi smashed the ice wall in front of him with a punch. Instead of a cave, he saw a wide ice crystal corridor. The group finally left the maze-like lower level and entered the upper area of ​​the ice vein corridor.

Qiao Lezhi leaned on the door panel and took a breath.

"I'm so tired, let me take a break."

Compared to the maze-like lower level, the upper level was far more comfortable. Its corridors, formed of ice crystals and thick permafrost, were exceptionally wide. Over the years, vortexes of spiritual energy, flowing in from a certain entrance, had carved regular patterns into the rock walls.

If you walk in the opposite direction of the pattern, you will soon leave this ice vein corridor.

Mei'er glanced at Shoushou in the cage and nodded, indicating that he did a good job. Then she found a place to sit down, crossed her legs and meditated, breathing in spiritual energy.

We have been digging for so long, and even with Qiao Lezhi's help, there are still quite a lot of losses. It's a good opportunity to recover now that it's safe.

Shoushou nestled quietly in the cage, squinting his eyes at Qiao Lezhi and Mei'er, with a cold smile in his heart.

Although the white shadow that imprisoned him did not disappear, it loosened a lot, and he was able to use some of his abilities.

Shoushou closed his eyes and breathed slowly, imitating Mei'er's breathing rhythm until it overlapped with hers.

The imperceptible force began to spread and flow towards Mei'er.

A wisp of his polluted soul quietly "walked" into Mei'er's spiritual platform, ready to find a weakness and then capture her soul.

He wants to see women fight.

But a moment later...

Shoushou retreated silently again.

It's not a cowardice, but a strategic retreat.

He discovered that there was a sword energy in Mei'er's spiritual altar that protected her soul. The sword energy was extremely ferocious and could not be touched by him at the moment. It must have been left by a master of the Sword Sect.

Forget it, this woman has a backer, we’ll talk about it later.

First go and seduce the one holding the door panel sword.

That person doesn't look very smart and should be easy to deceive.

Shoushou tilted his head, smiled coldly in his heart again, and began to imitate Qiao Lezhi's breathing rhythm.

However, he stared at Qiao Lezhi for a long time, but found that this woman was not breathing at all, she was just panting.

Is this reasonable?

Shou Shou asked himself, but he didn't know.

When the tunnel was first being dug, Qiao Lezhi dug most of the distance. If it were an ordinary cultivator, their spiritual energy would have been exhausted and they would have been in urgent need of replenishment, just like Mei'er.

But this person seemed to be fine. It was just as the word literally meant: she was tired, taking a break, and catching her breath.

It seems as if the spiritual energy is inexhaustible.

"No, aren't all the Sword Sect monks monsters now?"

My hands are a little sweaty.

But since he was just sitting there doing nothing in the cage and had nothing to do if he didn't do anything, he continued to try to invade Qiao Lezhi's spiritual platform.

With Shoushou's unremitting efforts, he finally broke in.

But after entering, I suddenly felt a little confused.

Everyone who is a cultivator has a spiritual altar. The powerful ones lock it up layer by layer, while the ants can enter and exit freely like a toilet. But no matter how anti-theft is, the inside is basically the same.

It could be the long and confusing life, or the precious memories hidden under desires, or the past events and the bitter fruits of the past.

The Hand can find these things and guide them, so that the monks will not fall into the wrong path.

Of course, that's the theory.

But Qiao Lezhi is an exception, because the premise of the theory is that these things can be found.

'Where is this?'

'Why is it so empty?'

Shoushou found nothing in Qiao Lezhi's spiritual altar.

Precious memories? Secrets of the heart? Seeds of regret? Greedy desires? A longing for path and power? Carnal pleasures?
None of it.

Maybe there were, but there were too few. The hands were not found, and all he could see was a blank.

To some extent, this is the realm that monks dream of.

The so-called mind is like a clear mirror, without desire or demand, and the heart of Tao is transparent.

This is a wonderful state that one usually enters when there is a breakthrough or a flash of inspiration.

But this is normalized.
I've never seen such a hand.

Those with high emotional intelligence would say that this person is a congenitally cultivated holy body.

To put it in a low EQ way, this person's brain is always in standby mode.

Just as Shoushou was hesitating whether to continue strolling here or leave now, Qiao Lezhi started to think.

The hands touched the deepest thoughts in Qiao Lezhi's heart, and pictures flashed before his eyes one after another.

Skinned, boned, and roasted snow leopard.
"Ah."

Shou Shou snorted coldly and withdrew from Qiao Lezhi's clueless mind.

Forget it. Once I have completely left this Ice Vein Corridor and recovered my strength, I will kill these two people.

Well, killed them all.

Shou Shou closed his eyes and decided to take a nap.

too tired.

Outside the Ice Vein Corridor, the wind and snow continue.

Meeme yawned, crossed her legs in an indecent manner, and leaned against the rock, tossing a finger bone relic again and again.

The surface of the finger bone relic is coated with a layer of gold, the Buddha's light is warm, and bits of golden light are floating around it.

This thing was given to her by Zhang Ze.

It is said that this finger bone relic was once part of the hand that turned into a snow leopard.

With the help of this thing, the position of the hand can be roughly located within a certain range, and due to the Buddhist seal, this positioning is one-way.

Meeme took out the walnut that Lao Li gave her and started her third report of the day.

"This is Mee-Mee, this is Mee-Mee. Snow leopards are approaching the surface. Snow leopards are approaching the surface. Over."

Putting away the little walnut and looking at the abyss in front of her including the ice vein corridor, Meeme scratched her head. She didn't know why, but she always felt like she had been here before.

It seems like I'm here to do some mission.

Meeme shook her head. If she really couldn't remember, then she wouldn't think about it. She continued to play with the finger bone relic and waited for the snow leopard to take the bait.

After reuniting with Zhang Ze, the operation was divided into two parts. Zhang Ze continued to move north according to the map to find Baidi City.

The rest of the people stayed on the outskirts of the Arctic ice field to implement the capture plan.

Zhang Ze named this plan "Snow Leopard Shut Up".

(End of this chapter)